Due
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due¹
- /djuː/
- /dʒuː/
- /djʉw/
- /dʒʉw/
- /du/
- /dʒʉː/ Australia, New Zealand
- /dju/ Canada, traditional
- /dɪu̯/ Canada
- /du/ Canada
Sounds like dew, do, doo, doux, Doubs (yod-dropping), Jew, jew (yod-coalescence) · Rhymes with -uː
Where it comes from
From Middle English dewe, dew, due, from Old French deü (“due”), past participle of devoir (“to owe”), from Latin dēbēre (“to owe”), from dē- (“from”) + habeō (“to have”).
adjective more due · most due
- Owed or owing. He is due four weeks of back pay.
- Appropriate. With all due respect, you're wrong about that.
- Scheduled; expected. Rain is due this afternoon.
- Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time. The baby is just about due.
- Owing; ascribable, as to a cause. The dangerously low water table is due to rapidly growing pumping.
- On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass. The town is 5 miles due North of the bridge.
adverb more due · most due
- Directly; exactly. The river runs due north for about a mile.
noun dues
- Deserved acknowledgment. Give him his due – he is a good actor.
- A membership fee.
- That which is owed; debt; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done, duty. He will give the devil his due.
- Right; just title or claim. The key of this infernal pit by due […] I keep.
Due²
proper noun Dues
- A surname.
